Invests in
Sectors:
Locations:
Min Investment:
$100,000.00Max Investment:
$5,000,000.00Target Investment:
$1,500,000.00
Skills
Education
- HB
- PS
Lists including Lisa
Investments
Rock Rabbit
Total Funding: $3M
AptEdge
Total Funding: $11M
HELIXintel
Total Funding: $6M
Modern Hydrogen
Total Funding: $63M
Risilience
Total Funding: $26M
Visionary.ai
Total Funding: $8M
Sync Computing
Total Funding: $18M
Cyolo
Total Funding: $85M
TS Conductor
Total Funding: $25M
Dragos
Total Funding: $430M
Work Experience
Founder and CEO
2024
Whitestone Investors III, LLC has a dual strategy that balances innovation and stability. Our investment business drives digital transformation by deploying venture capital into next generation startups, and our acquisition business focuses on acquiring recession-proof small businesses that ensure resilience in essential industries. Though distinct, both approaches are united by a commitment to growth, scale, and long-term shareholder value creation.
Chief Investment Officer, Private Markets
2023
Managing GKFF’s extensive portfolio of private market investments with annual capacity for new investments in energy and technology, among other areas of strategic importance to the Foundation. Lisa will be based in Silicon Valley, expanding GKFF’s footprint by opening an office in Los Gatos and hiring a local team to complement the larger team in Tulsa.
Board Member
2024
Lucid Motors is the future of sustainable mobility, designing electric cars that further reimagines the driving experience. Lucid Group, Inc. is an American manufacturer of luxury electric vehicles, headquartered in Newark, California and manufactured at Lucid's factory in Arizona. The company was founded in 2007.
2021
Board Member
2021
UL Solutions helps build a better world by advancing innovation safety, sustainability and connected security. Always upholding and pushing for rigorous scientific standards, UL continues to positively impact people and society by working for a safer, more secure and sustainable world.
Board Member
2020
Vital Energy is an independent energy company with headquarters in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Vital’s business strategy is focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of oil and natural gas properties, and midstream and marketing services, primarily in the Permian and Delaware Basins of West Texas
Board Member
2024
Multiscale (startup) digitalizes and accelerates the exploration of materials & manufacturing processes using cutting-edge AI, drastically reducing the number of physical experiments required to reach a solution.
2013
Founder/CEO & Chairman
2013
UPWARD is an executive women’s networking group to accelerate career advancement. It's a place for sharing ideas, learning, and proactively helping each other to grow their careers. At UPWARD, you’ll find the connections to help you realize your professional potential and find the best business and career opportunities. Learn more at: www.upwardwomen.org.
2023 - 2023
Interim CEO, Vital Energy Technology
2023 - 2023
Managed the formation and spinout of a new entity to commercialize digital technologies invented by Vital Energy Inc., to optimize the performance of its operations. Defined the spinout strategy, go-to-market approach, created marketing and VC content and the website framework for the company launch and fund raise process, and detailed the financial plan for execution. The project is on-going and progressing at an appropriate cadence.
2018 - 2023
Chief Technology & Innovation Officer, National Grid, Founder & President, National Grid Partners
2018 - 2023
Established the utility sector’s first innovation and investing organization called National Grid Partners. Recruited first 25 professionals and built a 48+ person organization and established 8 functional groups, including the Innovation Foundry: responsible for leading company-wide disruptive innovation projects; Pathfinding and Incubation: responsible for leading seed stage investments and incubating new product concepts; Corporate Venture Capital (CVC): responsible for leading early and expansion stage investments; Business Development: responsible for commercializing strategic engagements with technology startups; and Venture Acceleration: responsible for launching programs for culture transformation across the company with a focus on deploying technology commercialization, teaching entrepreneurship, and implementing lean startup methods. Founded and launched the NextGrid Alliance; an alliance of 104 utilities that collectively utilize technology and innovation to advance the clean energy future. Created vision, strategy, brand, and go-to-market plan for NGP, led the public launch and execution of the division including managing the 5 functions and launching public persona via our website, blog posts, media campaigns, and internal marketing campaigns. Closed 43 new investments for $400 million including four LP fund relationships, completed 7 exits (including producing 5 unicorns) for a total of 34.7% net realized IRR returning over $80 million in capital to National Grid in the first five years, with over $1B in projected proceeds from the top 10 performing companies in the portfolio, opened two Silicon Valley offices in Los Gatos and San Francisco. Completed two incubations in our San Francisco office (Leap, Copper Labs) and produced16 innovation projects delivering over $5 billion in potential benefits over 25 years and launched culture acceleration programs to bring entrepreneurial mindsets to National Grid.
2022 - 2023
Board Member
2022 - 2023
Cyolo (startup) introduced the first real zero-trust solution, a safer architecture that allows organizations to securely connect all users to their working environments